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I. M. TINTORE. ROTARY HAIR BR'USHING MACHINE.

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-(No Model.)

No. 528,044. Patented 0012,23, 1894.

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NiTErD STATES IGNAOIO MARIA TINTORE, OF LoNDonnNeLAND.

ROTARY HAIR-BRUSDHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 528,044, datedOetober23, 1894.

Application filed June 9,1891. Serial No. 395,675. (No model.)rttentea'innn nna October 22,1890,No. 16,869, and

No. 8,740, dated May 22,1891, andin France May 23, 1891, No. 213,652.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IGNACIO MARIA TIN- TORE, a subject of the King ofSpain, residing at 32 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London, England,have invented new and useful Improvements Connected with Rotary HairsBrushing Machines, (patented in Great Britain, No. 16,869, dated October22, 1890, and No. 8,740, dated May 22, 1891, and in France, No. 213,652,dated May 23,1891,) of which the following is a speoificatio r l Thisinvention has for itsjobject certain improvements in or connected withthe driving mechanism by which a rotary hair brushing machine can beoperated at the desire or will of the assistant.

The article is intended for use by hair dressers and will enable therubber band, the overhead wheels, and the shaft, and also the usualdriving engine or the power wheel to be dispensed with.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved brush. Thespring of this apparatus can be wound up by holding one handle andrevolving the brush. Figs. 2 and 3, are modifications of apparatus inwhich the winding up of the spring can be effected by a key; Fig. 4,anelevation of key to (it over square of spindle to wind up the spring.

For the purpose of my invention and as I show I make the brush stock Ahollow and of cylindrical shape, with ends B B and I fit a train ofwheels to a frame or case 0 which I arrange in the cylindrical brushstock A. One of the wheels D is in gear with a toothed ring E in thestock, so that it can be rotated therefrom.

In a barrel or casing F I arrange a powerful spring which can be woundup by a handle or a key a fitted at one end of the cylinder.

In connection with the train of wheels I use.

a pair of fliers H, II, and also a brake or stop appliance I which canbe released by the thumb of hand acting on the button .I at the time thearticle has to be used.

. It will be observed by the drawings that the shaft K which is attachedto the spring in the barrel is provided with a ratchet wheel L intowhich a pawl M is engaged, said pawl being on the casing C to preventthe brush cylinder rebounding or unwinding while the j brush is beingrotated to windup the spring.

This shaft K terminates just outside the righthand side plate of thecasing C, so that it has no connection with the train of wheels on thatside of the plate,the rotative working motion being from the barrelwheel N, pinion P, spindle Q to D and E at one end and through pinion P,spindle Q to pinion It and thence through the gears S, T, U, V, to thefliers H, H. p The end plates 0, O, of the inner casing are held rigidlyat the proper distance apart by the tierods W, W. I

X is a bridge connecting the stemY of the handle Zwith the casing O, thebrush stock being free to rotate thereon, and on the shaft K when thebrake I is released from the flier.

To wind up the spring in the barrel F,the handle Z is held firmly in onehand and the handle G or the keya is turned by the other hand,the pawlslipping over the teeth ofthe wheel L during said operation.

In Figs. 2 and 3, a rod is shown passing longitudinally through thehandle to be acted upon by a key a for winding the spring, the operationbeing the same as that shown in Fig. 1. A button J is also shown in theend of the handle, to act on the brake I to release the fliers. In placeof the barrel wheel N, I may use the spur wheels N',N located at thesides of barrel F, motion being imparted from said wheel N to pinion P,spindle Q, to gears R, S, T, U, V, to fliers H, H; and from wheel N topinion P spindle Q pinion. D to E.

In Fig. 3, the handle Z is shown with a square end to take into a holeof a door, or a wall, during the winding of the spring.

The tie rods W, W, in Figs. 2 and 3, .are made longer than in Fig. l,and have rod X joining their ends, forming a connection between thecasing C and the stem Y of the handle Z.

I am aware that self contained spring rotating hair brushes have beenmade before this date. Therefore I make no claim in a broad sense tosuch an article.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rotary hair brush, the combination of a hollow brush-stock, amain shaft passing partially through said stock, a frame mounted uponsaid shaft within the stock and having a train of gearing connected withthe brush stock, a springbarrel surrounded by the frame and operatingthe gearing, a flier located within the stock and actuated by thegearing, a handle upon which the stock rotates, means for winding thebarrel spring, a stop mechanism for the flier and a sliding deviceforoperating said stop mechanism, substantially as described.

2. In a rotary hair brush, the combination of a hollow brush-stockhaving an attached toothed ring, a main-shaft passing partially throughsaid stock, a frame mounted upon said shaft within the stock, a springbarrel inclosed by the frame and geared to the toothed ring, a handleupon which the brush stock rotates, means for winding the barrel spring,a stop mechanism for holding the gearing inactive, and a sliding devicefor operating the stop mechanism to release the gearing, substantiallyas described.

3. In a rotary hair brush, the combination of a hollow brush stockhaving an attached toothed ring, a main shaft carrying a handle andpassing partially through said stock, a frame or case located within thebrush-stock and carried by the main-shaft, a spring-barrel geared to thetoothed ring and surrounded by said frame, a flier mechanism driven bythe barrel, means for winding the barrel spring, a stop mechanism forholding the flier inactive, and a sliding rod for operating said stopmechanism to release the flier, substantially as described.

4. In a rotary hair brush, the combination of a hollow brush-stockhaving an attached toothed ring at one end, a flier mechanism at theopposite end, a main shaft passing partially through the brush stock, aspring barrel mounted upon said shaft and located between and geared tothe toothed ring and to the flier mechanism, a handle on which thebrush-stock rotates, means for winding the barrel spring, a stopmechanism for holding the flier inactive, and a sliding device forreleasing the flier, all of said operating mechanism being locatedwithin the brush-stock, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereto signed my name, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, the 28th day of May, 1891.

IGNAOIO MARIA TINTORE.

Witnesses:

EMILIO RODRIQUEZ, 24 Fenchm'ch St, E. 0., London, England.

ALEXANDER RIDGWAY, 19 Change Alley, London, England.

